I see your point Gary....but hopefully it will help someone. 'hagiographic'....I like that one! ;o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Smith" <garymarian@comcast.net> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 2:23 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of NJ > Well, Rita, > For one thing, such a set of books shouldn't leave out, among others, the > Stouts, Hixons and Tituses. Some researchers may have encountered the > leavings of the Goodspeed Press that sent hagiographic writers from town > to > town in the Midwest of the 1800s, producing hyperbola about local persons > of > note, omitting lesser folk. > Let's wait to see if someone will volunteer to 'bell the cat', and see > how > they fare. > Gary in Berkeley > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rita Chesterton" <rchesterton@erols.com> > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:09 PM > Subject: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of NJ > > >> Has anyone ever heard of the following book, or know where it can be >> seen? > At $165, it's too expensive to purchase. >> >> >> > http://bigtreebooks.com/info.asp?BTB=BTB129843CC&Type=&Cat=&SubCat=&SubCat2= >> >> >> GENEALOGICAL AND MEMORIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, A Record of > the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the > Founding of a Nation - BTB129843CC >> >> Many of the essays begin with an explanation of the geographical origin >> or > derivation of the familys surname, with a number of them going back to the > 16th or 17th century. The sketches then trace the line forward from the > oldest known ancestor to the principal subject of the essay. This is > followed by a detailed biography of that person, often with his photo, as > well as an enumeration of collateral lines related to the principal > subject. > The index at the back of the final volume identifies some 4,800 > descendants > of the main families listed below, which, in the aggregate, constitute, > arguably, the greatest collection of New Jersey genealogies in a single > place. Aaronson, Abbott, Abeel, Abrams, Ackerson, Ackley, Adams, Agar, > Albright, Alden, Alexander, Allen, Allinson, Anderson, Andrews, Angell, > Antrim, Apgar, Applegate, Armstong, Arrowsmith, Atkinson, Austin, > Bacheller, > Bacon, Badgley, Baer, Bailey, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Ballantine, Bannard, > Barker, Barnert, Barnes, Barrett,! >> Barringer, Barron, Barrows, Bartlett, Bartram, Bassett, Bateman, >> Bayard, > Beach, Beam, Beekman, Beldon, Benjamin, Bennett, Bentley, Bergen, Berry, > Betts, Beugless, Beyer, Biddle, Bigelow, Binder, Bisbing, Bishop, Bissell, > Black, Blair, Blaisdell, Blanchard, Bleecker, Bleything, Blodgett, Blunt, > Bodine, Bogert, Boggs, Bogle, Bonnell, Booraem, Booth, Borton, Bothwell, > Bouker, Bowen, Bowne, Boylan, Boyle, Brady, Branin, Bray, Brick, Briggs >> >> >> ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== >> This mail list is archived at: >> http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >